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By Charade Date: 2001 Oct 18 Comment on this Work [[2001.10.18.09.09.11058]] |
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I don't know how to break it to you gently but I think the word "love" is a catch all or even worse yet, a void empty word with absolutely no meaning of it's own. We throw lust, need, want, crave, desire, admire, all together and shake it a little blend it and mix it.... and we give this mixture a name.... "LOVE" That's it pure and simple.... Love has no meaning of it's own. No magical mystical definition. So to get around this fact, that no one wants to admit..... we say, it is a mystery, which no one can explain. Have you ever looked LOVE up in the dictionary ???? And so here are a few that I came up with as listed on an internet definition site : verb: get pleasure from verb: have a great affection or liking for verb: have sexual intercourse with noun: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment noun: a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction noun: any object of warm affection or devotion noun: a score of zero in tennis or squash noun: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection noun: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people Now aren't they eye openers !!! I told you that the word "LOVE" is a catch all. No wonder people keep falling into and out of it..... Well at least it's better than a well or a pit - where once you fall in, it's almost impossible to get out of....... People seem to be quite adept at falling into and out of love.... So it definitely is not an abyss....... or a one way trip to ecstasy...... So, the "he loves me, he loves me not"....... "I love him, I love him not" can be paraphrased to : "he wants me......... he wants me not" - "I want him...... I want him not....." A very wise man once told me - "forget about love..... it doesn't exist...... instead think of love as just a living arrangement....... you pick someone who you can live with...... who doesn't irritate you too much...... who doesn't mind sharing the covers...... and who is willing to share the load...... and don't forget, make sure he's good in bed......." I used to think that he was just old, and had forgotten the true excitement of love..... but in all reality...... that chase and conquer stuff.......... is all just a part of the conglomeration that the world calls "love"........... One must remember, that when the frivilously intense courtship and newness wears off............ one is left with the inner core of the person you chose to live with.... and hopefully they are different enough from you to still be interesting...... but share enough of your feelings and values...... to make them a soothing and cuddly lover...... Someone to hold on to during the thunderstorms of life............... ~ |